Making money
Money (F) comes from almost everything you do, but some activities pay far better than others. Here are the reliable ones, roughly in the order you unlock them.
| Method | Unlocks | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Wild battles with Pay Day | Once you catch a  Meowth |
A few F per wild Pokémon, more with an  Amulet Coin |
| Vs. Seeker trainers | Sinnoh | 250 F per win, plus Blaze Coins and items |
| Selling valuables | Any time | Up to 12,500 F per item |
| Winstrates House and Seashore House | Hoenn | About 15,000 F a day for 10 battles |
| Mining | Hoenn | Valuables worth thousands each, some money and fossils |
| Trade House sales | Any time | Whatever other players will pay |
Pay Day and the Amulet Coin
Section titled “Pay Day and the Amulet Coin”Every wild Pokémon you defeat pays a little money, normally 1–5 F. A Meowth, 
Persian or 
Perrserker (regional forms included) that finishes the battle with Pay Day earns more. It earns more again if it holds an Amulet Coin, and then the payout depends on that Pokémon’s level:
| Finishing the battle with | Money per wild Pokémon (F) |
|---|---|
| Any other Pokémon or move | 1–5 |
| Meowth family using Pay Day | 2–9 |
| Pay Day + Amulet Coin, level 30 or lower | 3–10 |
| Pay Day + Amulet Coin, level 31–60 | 5–12 |
| Pay Day + Amulet Coin, level 61 or higher | 7–14 |
Wild Meowth live on Routes 202 and 205 in Sinnoh and Routes 9-A and 9-B in Jvaloh, and can drop the Amulet Coin themselves; see wild drops. It adds up slowly, so it suits players who are already grinding for experience or EVs.
Vs. Seeker
Section titled “Vs. Seeker”The trainers in Sinnoh’s Pokémon Centers can be rebattled with the Vs. Seeker. Every win pays 250 F, some 
Blaze Coin, experience and a random item, and the rewards improve as your Vs. Seeker levels up. See Vs. Seeker.
Sell valuables to the Item Buyer
Section titled “Sell valuables to the Item Buyer”Talk to the Item Buyer in Sandgem’s Mart, the Rockshore City PokeMart or most Marts in Hoenn and Kanto. He pays well for valuables that you find while mining, fishing and battling. These are the items worth 2,500 F or more:
Item Buyer prices: 47 items, 2,500 F and up
| Item | Pays |
|---|---|
 Comet Shard | 12,500 F |
 Pearl String | 10,000 F |
 Balm Mushroom | 7,500 F |
 Star Piece | 6,000 F |
 Ability Shield | 5,000 F |
 Big Nugget | 5,000 F |
 Clear Amulet | 5,000 F |
 Covert Cloak | 5,000 F |
 Loaded Dice | 5,000 F |
 Mirror Herb | 5,000 F |
 Prehistoric Jawbone Shard | 5,000 F |
 Protective Pads | 5,000 F |
 Punching Glove | 5,000 F |
 Rampaging Jawbone | 4,500 F |
 Reptilian Fang | 4,500 F |
 Big Pearl | 4,000 F |
 Oceanic Fossil Residue | 4,000 F |
 Spiral Shell Fragment | 4,000 F |
 Ancient Wing Fragment | 3,500 F |
 Fossilized Crest | 3,500 F |
| Glacial Crest Shard | 3,500 F |
 Permanent Room Service | 3,500 F |
 Scope Lens | 3,500 F |
 Thick Club | 3,500 F |
 Twisted Spoon | 3,500 F |
 Utility Umbrella | 3,500 F |
 DeepSeaScale | 3,000 F |
 DeepSeaTooth | 3,000 F |
 Dragon Scale | 3,000 F |
 Electirizer | 3,000 F |
| Fossilized Carapace | 3,000 F |
 Full EV Reset | 3,000 F |
 Ice Stone | 3,000 F |
 King's Rock | 3,000 F |
 Magmarizer | 3,000 F |
 Metal Coat | 3,000 F |
 Oval Stone | 3,000 F |
 Petalized Coral | 3,000 F |
 Prism Scale | 3,000 F |
 Protector | 3,000 F |
 Razor Claw | 3,000 F |
 Razor Fang | 3,000 F |
 Reaper Cloth | 3,000 F |
 Shell Plate Fragment | 3,000 F |
 Nugget | 2,500 F |
 Rare Bone | 2,500 F |
 Unallocated EV Reset | 2,500 F |
The full price list is on shops and currencies.
Daily trainer houses
Section titled “Daily trainer houses”Two houses in Hoenn have trainers you can beat once a day for good prize money. They also give your party experience; see trainer battles.
- Reset: midnight UTC.
- Teams: they get stronger each time you win. After the first couple of wins they match your highest-level Pokémon, never below level 50 (level 80 for Vito), so bring a strong team.
| House | Where | Battles | Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winstrates House | Route 111, north of Mauville City | Victor, Victoria, Vivi, Vicky and Vito | 10,000 F in total (Vito alone pays 5,000 F) |
| Seashore House | Route 109, on the beach south of Slateport City | 5 trainers, then talk to Owner Mike | About 1,200 F from the trainers, plus 4,000 F and a random item from Owner Mike |
Owner Mike’s random item is one of: 
Soda Popx5, 
Revivex5, 
Rare Candy, 
Stardust, DeepSeaScale, DeepSeaTooth, 
Elixir, 
Ether, 
Water Stone, Nugget or Dragon Scale.
Mining
Section titled “Mining”Mining unlocks in Hoenn and is one of the best earners in the game. How to unlock and level it is on mining.
- Valuables: Nugget,
Pearl, Stardust, Big Pearl, Star Piece, Balm Mushroom, Big Nugget, Comet Shard and Pearl String. The Item Buyer takes all of them, for 1,000–12,500 F each. - Money: some ores pay money straight away, 100–10,000 F.
- Blaze Coins: some ores give Blaze Coin.
- Fossils and materials: fossils become Pokémon chests, and you also find crafting materials.
Sell to other players
Section titled “Sell to other players”The Trade House is where the biggest sums change hands. Things that usually sell:
- Evolution items and stones that only drop rarely in the wild (wild drops)
- TMs from the monthly traders, which only sell on one day a month
Heart Scale and other crafting materials- Pokémon with good natures and IVs, EV-trained Pokémon, and Pokémon from chests
Remember the 5% Trade House fee, and check what an item already sells for before you set your price.
Spending less
Section titled “Spending less”- Most teleports cost 100 F (50 F in Jvaloh); members pay a quarter less. See PBO Membership.
- Losing a battle costs nothing until you have 3 Sinnoh badges, and after that only 1% of the money you carry, never more than 100 F.
- Keep big amounts in an ATM so you don’t spend them by accident, and withdraw before you shop. See money.